Practical Faith Academy - Season 5, Episode 16, Ginny Cruz, Hoping When Hope Is Faint

Ginny Cruz, Hoping When Hope is Faint.

The Practical Faith Academy Podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries presents guests who have important things to say about putting your faith into practice. Cecil interviews each guest to understand their life stories and their ideas for living a seven-day practical faith.

Ginny Cruz is a pediatric physical therapist and Christian author. As a therapist, she has lent faith and hope while serving families struck by difficult diagnoses. As an author, she shares her knowledge of babies and toddlers in her latest book, “The New Mom’s Guide: Help and Hope for Baby’s First Year.” Her training in physical therapy has revealed that facts and science are helpful but rarely provide the answers we need for life’s toughest situations. God has those answers. Cruz shares both her faith and her knowledge of children in this episode.

Highlights of the podcast: 

3:11 What does seven-day practical faith mean to Cruz

5:07 What fuels her beliefs that God uniquely designs each person for purpose and every person can achieve maximum potential

10:26 Where she developed a blend of assuring parents that their child is normal and warning parents when to seek help

16:51 What she’s learned from raising adopted children

21:52 How faith informs and infuses Cruz’s work

27:36 Faith lessons from another of her books, “Mud Holes and Magnolias”

30:48 The hardest part about putting faith into practice

31:41 Her best tip for developing and maintaining a seven-day practical faith, including a discussion on reading and interpreting the Bible

36:16 How to follow Ginny and find her books

 

Ginny Cruz’s website is GinnyCruz.com. There, you can access her books, her blog, and her other resources such as speaking plus articles and interviews she has provided on child-rearing issues. She invites you to join her Facebook group called Tummy Time Prayers, where she offers morning scripture and prayer prompts as well as child development tips.

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